I think the performance under load on Mac OS X isn't so bad. But it
does use a lot of CPU on idle, for whatever reason.
There are somethings that can be done to make things run better on
Mac OS X. For example, on Mac OS X and Windows, Pd uses double-
precision math functions while Pd only
On Feb 4, 2008 11:16 AM, bsoisoi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've attached an example patch sample-test-01.pd and it's
dependencies. On my dual core 2.4ghz Macbook Pro (4gb ram, 10.5.1, pd
extended 40.3-2007-12-07), I hit 21-27% cpu load
On the Macbook 'Pro' 1.83 I have here the CPU time is
About the iTunes EQ, that is really funny. I just profiled PD while
running the example patch, and you're right (see example 1 below).
Using Instruments showed similar results, + a _lot_ of time spent
microsleeping.
Do you find that the CPU load scales well in large patches,
the patch i'm currently using has a base cpu output of around 50% and
then it goes up to about 70% when running. ..but that's with 8
channels of drums, 4 synth channels, 8 sampler channels and dsp
effects + gui for all of them.
i didn't know that about the itunes eq either. is there a way to
